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HLA-DQB1/DRB1 Alleles Associate with Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome of Chronic Hepatitis B: A Potential Predictor of Progression.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2019
Liu Xiyang, Wan Tingjun, Dang Sijie, Wang Dong, Jiang Cen, Su Yue, Shen Mengmeng, Tang Xuchen, Li Xia, Li Baixue, Wen Li, Feng Quansheng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been widely applied in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) supplementary treatment in China. Kidney yang deficiency syndrome (KYDS), one of the most common TCM syndromes of CHB, is more likely to progress to liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma than other syndromes. Polymorphisms in the human leucocyte antigen- (HLA-) DQB1 and -DRB1 genes were reported to...
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